Jan 27 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Canadian National Railway CNR.TO on Tuesday beat
analysts' expectations with an 11 percent rise in fourth-quarter
profit and raised its dividend by 20 percent.
Alberta suffered its worst year for employment losses
since the dark days of the national energy program and early
1980's recession, according to revised labor figures from
Statistics Canada.
The Ontario government has reached inward for the next
leader of the Ontario Securities Commission, nominating the
agency's executive director, Maureen Jensen, to replace departed
chair Howard Wetston.
POST
** The office of federal environment commissioner, Julie
Gelfand, said in a report Tuesday that the National Energy Board
has a serious problem tracking whether pipeline companies meet
conditions for project approvals.
Food price inflation has been driving Canadians into the
frozen food aisles, according to the CEO of grocery chain Metro
Inc MRU.TO , Eric La Flèche.
Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume supports the Energy East
pipeline project but he blasted the promoter Tuesday for an
"incompetent" sales job.